can anyone interpret this bloodwork?

i'm a little upset. i received my remicade today and stupidly asked
for my bloodwork results AFTER getting the infusion. i think these
results indicate a weakened immune system (but what do i know?) my doc
obviously saw no problem in giving me the remicade, but i wonder if it
was a good idea. can anyone tell me what these results mean? (i'm
skipping the RBC results because they are always off due to
thallasemia minor.)

WBC 3.6 (4.0-10.5)
granulocyte % 32 (43-77)
absolute gran 1.1 (1.7-7.7)
lymph % 53 (12-46)
Baso % 2 (0-1)

all else normal

thanks for any input,

diane

Hi Diane,



Your WBC is a little low, which might be something you want to just run
by your doctor. The remaining items are types of cells, and if you're
like me, they are always off a little.

Best wishes to you!

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1.) ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we
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2.) J.K.M.A.

If I had to have an opinion on this...and of course, I do, I would say none
of them are way out of whack. I don't know too many of us who have perfect
blood tests, Diane. Because of the things we fight daily, our scores are
always just a little off, kinda what yours are. It looks to me as though
there might be a little anemia going on, the RBC count would cinch that but
the rest doesn't look too bad. Ask your doctor.

DeeTee

"Diane" <dcham@aol.com> wrote in message
news:b3f604ee-480e-4af2-b5e0-dcdec35d8844@t1g2000pra.googlegroups.com...
> i'm a little upset. i received my remicade today and stupidly asked
> for my bloodwork results AFTER getting the infusion. i think these
> results indicate a weakened immune system (but what do i know?) my doc
> obviously saw no problem in giving me the remicade, but i wonder if it
> was a good idea. can anyone tell me what these results mean? (i'm
> skipping the RBC results because they are always off due to
> thallasemia minor.)
>
> WBC 3.6 (4.0-10.5)
> granulocyte % 32 (43-77)
> absolute gran 1.1 (1.7-7.7)
> lymph % 53 (12-46)
> Baso % 2 (0-1)
>
> all else normal
>
> thanks for any input,
>
> diane

thanks for the input. i keep track of my bloodwork and this was the
first time i saw the "types of cells" being off. as for anemia dee
tee, i always am anemic (hemoglobin runs 9-10.2, hematocrit around 32)
because of thallasemia minor, an inherited mediterranean (sp) anemia
(thanks, dad), which is unrelated to the "i" word. i'm used to that
and it can't be fixed. my doc holds back on remicade when the WBC
reaches 3.5, so i guess she figured 3.6 was ok. i would have fought it
had I known, because i get the max dose of remicade every 6 weeks and
it wouldn't have been a big deal to put it off another couple of
weeks.

diane

Diane,

Hydration (or dehydration) as well as anemia and such can effect blood
counts, so that could be playing into it also. Can't hurt, though, to
just ring the doc and ask---if nothing else, just to give you some peace
of mind!

Hope all else is well with you and John!

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1.) ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we
call them FRIENDS......


2.) J.K.M.A.

"Diane" <dcham@aol.com> wrote in message
news:b3f604ee-480e-4af2-b5e0-dcdec35d8844@t1g2000pra.googlegroups.com...
> i'm a little upset. i received my remicade today and stupidly asked
> for my bloodwork results AFTER getting the infusion. i think these
> results indicate a weakened immune system (but what do i know?) my doc
> obviously saw no problem in giving me the remicade, but i wonder if it
> was a good idea. can anyone tell me what these results mean? (i'm
> skipping the RBC results because they are always off due to
> thallasemia minor.)
>
> WBC 3.6 (4.0-10.5)
> granulocyte % 32 (43-77)
> absolute gran 1.1 (1.7-7.7)
> lymph % 53 (12-46)
> Baso % 2 (0-1)
>
> all else normal
>
> thanks for any input,
>
>
I really can't interpret them. But I wouldn't get too concerned without a
retest. Blood test can be inaccurate. Lots of things including human error
can throw one set of tests off. Trends are the big thing. As well as a
retest when thing are unusually off.

Jo

I'd be curious to hear what your doc says, but my $.02 interpretation
is that you probably have a lot of inflammation. As if that is any
surprise. WBC = white blood cells = your defense against invaders.
So, yes, a low count might suggest a weakened immune system. But maybe
you are taking anti-inflammatory drugs (aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen,
etc) or immune suppressants (MTX etc), any of which will also suppress
WBC. If not, then anemias of various shades including your TM could
be at play, if not just "anemia of chronic disease." Beyond the "easy"
answers are some serious things. I don't think there is a major worry
about any of those unless this is a NEW symptom, and it is getting
worse FAST.

The other parts of the tests are just various components of the white
blood cells. If you were simply immune weakened, then ALL of them
would probably be middle of their range. The NUMBer, the differential,
reflects the fraction of the whole. So, you can see that lymphocytes
and basophils outnumber the rest. Lymphocytes by themselves might
suggest a viral infection, among other things. Basophils by themselves
might suggest a parasitic attack, among other things. But both together
being elevated, well, that correlates very well with inflammation.
Since all lymphocytes come from the bone marrow, the fact that they are
running strong is a very good sign against some of the nastiest things
a low WBC might have suggested.

Diane wrote:
> i'm a little upset. i received my remicade today and stupidly asked
> for my bloodwork results AFTER getting the infusion. i think these
> results indicate a weakened immune system (but what do i know?) my doc
> obviously saw no problem in giving me the remicade, but i wonder if it
> was a good idea. can anyone tell me what these results mean? (i'm
> skipping the RBC results because they are always off due to
> thallasemia minor.)
>
> WBC 3.6 (4.0-10.5)
> granulocyte % 32 (43-77)
> absolute gran 1.1 (1.7-7.7)
> lymph % 53 (12-46)
> Baso % 2 (0-1)
>
> all else normal
>
> thanks for any input,
>
> diane
--
deT notsuH bass-ackwards ude.hcimu@pcird
"It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything."

thanks for that detailed response, ted. the weird thing was that i
felt just fine when i had the bloodwork done (and still feel
fine). . . aside, of course, from inflammation, which is a given. but
even that is/was no worse than usual, yet the bloodwork was definitely
different from my norm. i'll have it taken again in a couple of
months, so i'm going to assume this time was just a fluke. i HAD
started atenolol a few days before the test, but assume that couldn't
have anything to do with it.

again, thanks.

diane